Good afternoon!
I’m currently in my room wearing a robe and slippers because there are only so
many moments when you can do that in life. This is one of those moments.
We are going to head over the arena shortly to get our pregame stuff ready.
If I could wear this robe and slippers, I surely would.
Shootaround was at 11 this morning with media availability after. Nothing
groundbreaking. Just the do-or-die type mentality you’d expect the Wolves to
have.
After shootaround, I wrote some stuff and then grabbed some lunch at a nearby
sports bar that definitely had more than 80 animals hanging from the walls. So
yeah. Texas.
I had a southwest salad, sub spinach in for iceberg lettuce. It was tasty, but
I’ll probably still go for a little snack run before we leave.
Nothing else to really report here. Hopefully I can check back in sometime
before the game.
Wolves in seven.
Good morning from the place where the lead singer of Destiny’s Child was born.
It’s very nice here. Judging from looking out the window, it appears to be 68
degrees.
Last night, Noah and I went and got some tacos from a place where one guy was
working the food line, the bar and was also bringing out orders. There’s an 18
percent chance we get sick today.
I decided to head to that Astros and Angels game. I got to see Shohei Ohtani
pitch, which was a pretty cool thing. He gave up 4 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings,
but oh well. There were five home runs in the game. I did not catch any, but for
$30, my seats were pretty awesome.
Seeing my guy Ohtani pitch!
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But the question you’re all dying to have answered. Did I finish “Dunkirk” when
I got back?
You’re darn right I did. I talked to Noah about the movie on our walk to dinner.
He seemed underwhelmed with the movie, and I get it. There wasn’t much for
character building. Overall, though, solid film. And only $2.95 to rent on
Amazon Prime!
I’m going to hit the old elliptical now before we head off to shootaround. After
shootaround, we’ll have videos, plus two or three written pieces leading up to
the game.
You can check out the game’s scouting report here.
For breakfast, odds are I’ll have an Uncrustable, but stay tuned!
Houston, we have arrived.
(If you don’t read anymore of this, I completely understand.)
I watched “Dunkirk” on the flight and oh my goodness, is that a good movie. I
have about 13 minutes left, which means I’ll definitely buy it on Amazon Prime
tonight and finish it instead of simply waiting 48 hours to watch it on the
flight back.
What have I done since arriving?
After getting into the hotel, I immediately scarfed down a Cliff Bar even though
I wasn’t hungry at all.
I did a little gym session alongside Dave Benz. A few other Wolves staffers were
getting their fitness on as well.
Now I’m writing this. Not exactly a wild day. Noah and I are going to get some
grub soon, hopefully something culturally authentic. Any ideas?
The team didn’t have practice today after arriving, so not much to report team
wise.Tyus Jones (knee) is officially listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game.
Maybe I’ll go to the Astros and Angels game tonight. Shohei Ohtani is pitching.
Could be fun.
I’ll check back in soon.
This is the first-ever playoff edition of Ratke on the Road.
This is a pretty emotional moment for all of us here.
We’re heading to Houston for Game 5 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. The
No. 8 Wolves trail the series 3-1 to the No. 1 Rockets.
The Wolves have a must-win Game 5 on Wednesday night at the Toyota Center at
8:30 p.m. CT. The game airs on Fox Sports North (Jim Petersen & Dave Benz), TNT
(I don’t know) and 102.9 Buz’n FM (THE Alan Horton).
For those who are new to Ratke on the Road, which I’d imagine this is all of you
outside of my family members and my cat, welcome. This is a blog that isn’t
necessarily basketball centric. It’s about food, travel and random thoughts from
the road. If there are basketball nuggets that don’t quite work into a full
post, I’ll throw them in here.
On the trip from our Digital Content team, we’ve got myself, Shahbaz and Noah.
We’ll create some engaging content for you folks, we hope.
We are currently waiting to fly out. I forgot that it’s warmer in Houston, so I
had to buy a few t-shirts from the Timberwolves Team Store located in the
skyway. The Timberwolves Team Store is open from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and has all of
your Timberwolves gear, with new stuff arriving weekly. #ad
As far as snacks go, not much to report. I had a big breakfast and I’ll likely
be full until 3 p.m. Younger Kyle would be pretty disappointed in himself for
not loading up on snacks for a flight. Maybe they’ll have Stroopwafels.
Not much else to report. THE Alan Horton is on my flight, so I’m a little bit
star struck right now.
I’ll check back in when we land.
Good afternoon!
I’m currently in my room wearing a robe and slippers because there are only so
many moments when you can do that in life. This is one of those moments.
We are going to head over the arena shortly to get our pregame stuff ready.
If I could wear this robe and slippers, I surely would.
Shootaround was at 11 this morning with media availability after. Nothing
groundbreaking. Just the do-or-die type mentality you’d expect the Wolves to
have.
After shootaround, I wrote some stuff and then grabbed some lunch at a nearby
sports bar that definitely had more than 80 animals hanging from the walls. So
yeah. Texas.
I had a southwest salad, sub spinach in for iceberg lettuce. It was tasty, but
I’ll probably still go for a little snack run before we leave.
Nothing else to really report here. Hopefully I can check back in sometime
before the game.
Wolves in seven.
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